Bale-holding device.



entre STATES PA'rn'r trice.

GEORGE A. LOVRY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PLANTERS COMPRESS COMPANY,

OF TEST VIRGINIA.

BALE-'HOLDiNc-DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 645,735, dated March 20, 1,900.

' Application nea November 11,1899.- sefin No. 736,579. (No man.)

To LZZ whom it may concern,.- n y Be it known that'I, GEORGE A. LOWRY`,"a'

citizen-of the United States, residing at Chirelates to bale-holding de-- Imeans of simple construction and arrangement for temporarilyreceiving and holding compressed bales or'masses until the permanent stays are applied thereto.

' A further object ot' the invention is to provide a bale-holder of a construction enablingv the bale to be readily. removed.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

Theinvention'con sists, substantially, in the construction, combination, location, and arrangement, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims. 1-

Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the various views andlreference-signs appearing thereon, Figure -1 is an end viewv or top plan of a bale holding and staying device embodying the principles of my invention applied to'a bale. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line a a, Fig. l, the bale being shown in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, showing the stay-ring open. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 3, showing a slightly-modified construction and arrangement. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on the line b Y), Fig. 5, the open posit-ion of the holder-ring being indicated by dotted lines.

The same part is designated by the same reference-sign wherever it occurs.

In carrying out my invention I provide a frame or holder consisting of the end ring A, having standards or stays B C formed or otherwise suitably mounted thereon, thus forming an open framework or holder adapted to receive the bale of compressed material. Arranged in this frame or holder is a bale base or support I, adapted to receive the end `ot the-bale or compressed mass and free to If desired, the

move endwise of the holder. standards or stays B C may serve as guides for .the bale base or support I, and to this end saidbase or support maybe provided rwith lugs E, arranged tov engage said standards or stays, as clearlyshown. The end ring A of thehoider-frame may serve as a stop to ar'- rest themovement of the bale-base when the bale or the mass of compressed material has acquired thevdesired'length. f To the free ends ofthe. frame standards orstays B C is applied a stay-ring. AThis stay-ring may be arranged inmany different Ways. In the form Vshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 this ring is composed of the two segments D, suitably hinged together at adjacent ends upon one of the standards or stays, asiat F, the other or free ends of said segments adapted to be locked together or to the other standard or stay, as indicated at G, Fig. 4. By unlocking the free ends of said segments said stay-ring may be opened,l as shown in Fig. 3,-thus permitting the bale or other mass of compressed material to be removed from the holder. stay-ring is provided with suitable staying or engaging devices (indicated at H) adapted to engage the end of the bale o r mass of material and hold the same clamped between such staying or holding devices'and the bale base or support I, whereby said baleor mass of material is held against endwise'expansion while or until the permanent stays or wires J (seeFig. 3) are applied.

In Figs. l', 2, 3, and 4t I have shown the stay-ring composed of two sections D, hinged together at one end and adapted to be locked together at the other end. This ring may, if desired, be composed of more than two seotions or segments. l

In Fig. 5 I have shown the stay-ring coni` posed of the four sections D', the adjacent ends of each pair of said sections being hinged and the other ends being suitably locked together, as at K.

In Figs. l and 3 the sections D of the ring are shown so pivoted or hinged as to move in the same plane and laterally with respect to the bale or mass of compressed materialthat is, the hinge F is arranged longitudinally of the holder or staying device. It is The 733,174, tiled October 10, 1899, and an application filed of even date herewith. n.

Having now set forth the object and` nature Aof my invention and a construction embody-- ing the principles thereof and having ex-i plained such construction, its function, purpose, and mode of operation, what I claim as new and useful, `and desire to secureV by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bale-holding device composed of hinged or pivoted sections and having means for engaging the ends ot' the bale, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bale-holding device composed of sections hinged orpivoted together and having means for engaging the ends of the bale, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In abale-holding device, astay-ring composed of sections or segments hinged together and adapted to engage one end of the bale, in combination with means for engaging the other end of the bale, as and for the purpose set forth.

et. In a bale-holding device, a `stay-ring adapted to open and close to permit the re moval of the bale, in combination with means cooperating therewith to clamp the bale endwise, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a bale-holding device, a stay-ring carrying devices arranged to engage the end of the bale, said ring made in movable sections to open and close, in combination with means cooperating with said ring to clamp the bale endwise therebetween, as and for the purpose set forth.

G. In a bale-holder, an end ring, stays connected thereto, and a sectional stay-ring connected to the other end of said stays, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a bale-holder, an end ring, standards or stays connected thereto, an independent movable bale-base for one end of the bale, and means arranged at the opposite end of said standards or stays to engage the opposite end of 'the baleas and for the purpose set forth. i

S. `In a baleholder, a `frame comprising an end ring and standards or stays, and a stayring connected to the free ends of said standards or stays, said ring .made in separable sections, as and for the purpose set forth.

p. In a bale-holder, a framelcomprising an end ring and standards or stays, and a stayn ring connected to said standards or stays and adapted to clamp the bale between .it and the end ring, said stay-ring made in pivoted sections, as and `for the purpose set forth.

10.' In a bale-holder, an end ring, standards orstays connected thereto,`and a stay-ring composed of pivotedsections adapted to be locked together, as` and for the purpose set forth.

11. In a bale-hold er, an end ring, standards vor stays connected thereto, a stay-ring connected to said standards or stays, and a balebase movably mounted with' respect to such rings, and arranged `to be guided by said standards or stays, as and for the purpose set forth. n

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of November, 1899, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

LOUISE- CORNELL, WM, M. RHEEM. 

